diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod.inc
index adba4d4..c992ad8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0+ & LGPL-2.1+"
 LICENSE_libkmod = "LGPL-2.1+"
 SECTION = "base"
 PV = "8"
-INC_PR = "r1"
+INC_PR = "r2"
 
 DEPENDS += "pkgconfig-native"
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ inherit autotools gtk-doc
 SRC_URI = "git://git.profusion.mobi/kmod.git;protocol=git;branch=master \
            file://depmod-search.conf \
            file://0001-man-disable-man-page-generation-because-we-don-t-hav.patch \
+           file://Handle-unsupported-close-on-exec-flag.patch \
           "
 
 SRCREV = "819f79a24d58e3c8429f1631df2f8f85a2f95d4a"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod/Handle-unsupported-close-on-exec-flag.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod/Handle-unsupported-close-on-exec-flag.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0820d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod/Handle-unsupported-close-on-exec-flag.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+Index: git/libkmod/libkmod-config.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/libkmod/libkmod-config.c	2012-07-23 16:13:44.000000000 +0300
++++ git/libkmod/libkmod-config.c	2012-07-23 16:15:53.000000000 +0300
+@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
+ #include "libkmod.h"
+ #include "libkmod-private.h"
+ 
++#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
++#define O_CLOEXEC 0
++#endif
++
+ struct kmod_alias {
+ 	char *name;
+ 	char modname[];
+Index: git/libkmod/libkmod-file.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/libkmod/libkmod-file.c	2012-07-23 16:13:44.000000000 +0300
++++ git/libkmod/libkmod-file.c	2012-07-23 16:15:57.000000000 +0300
+@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
+ #include "libkmod.h"
+ #include "libkmod-private.h"
+ 
++#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
++#define O_CLOEXEC 0
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef ENABLE_XZ
+ #include <lzma.h>
+ #endif
+Index: git/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/libkmod/libkmod-index.c	2012-07-23 16:13:44.000000000 +0300
++++ git/libkmod/libkmod-index.c	2012-07-23 16:16:00.000000000 +0300
+@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
+ #include "libkmod-index.h"
+ #include "macro.h"
+ 
++#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
++#define O_CLOEXEC 0
++#endif
++
+ /* index.c: module index file shared functions for modprobe and depmod */
+ 
+ #define INDEX_CHILDMAX 128
+Index: git/libkmod/libkmod-module.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/libkmod/libkmod-module.c	2012-07-23 16:13:44.000000000 +0300
++++ git/libkmod/libkmod-module.c	2012-07-23 16:16:04.000000000 +0300
+@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
+ #include "libkmod.h"
+ #include "libkmod-private.h"
+ 
++#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
++#define O_CLOEXEC 0
++#endif
++
+ /**
+  * SECTION:libkmod-module
+  * @short_description: operate on kernel modules